Animals as crime victims

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Record Type: Book Book

KN84.3.L48 2024

Edward Elgar Publishing

2024

PART I AN INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL MALTREATMENT, THE LAW, AND CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS1 -  Defining animal maltreatment: historical and contemporary perspectives 2 - The legal history of animal protection in the United States 3 - The (human...

PART I AN INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL MALTREATMENT, THE LAW, AND CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS

• 1 -  Defining animal maltreatment: historical and contemporary perspectives 
• 2 - The legal history of animal protection in the United States 
• 3 - The (human) victims’ rights movement in twenty-first century United States 

PART II ARGUMENTS UNDERLYING THE RECLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS AS CRIME VICTIMS

• 4 - Advances in understanding cognition in animals 
• 5 - The evolving role of animals in contemporary society 
• 6 - The relationship between animal maltreatment and interpersonal violence 
• 7 - Proposing a nonhuman animal victimology 

PART III LEGAL ISSUES IN THE RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF ANIMALS AS CRIME VICTIMS

• 8 - Applying crime victims’ rights to victims of animal maltreatment 
• 9 - Insights from the nation’s first jurisdiction to statutorily permit court-appointed attorneys for justice in animal cruelty cases 
• 10 - Responding to animal cruelty and neglect in court: A prosecutor’s journey 
• 11 - Assigning animals crime victim status: opposing views and responses 

PART IV RECONCEPTUALIZING ANIMALS AS CRIME VICTIMS: POLICY AND PRACTICE

• 12 - Mental health professionals recognizing animals as victims 
• 13 - Preparing law enforcement to respond to animal victims 
• 14 - Preparing veterinarians to respond to animal victims: identifying and documenting physical harm 
• 15 - Preparing veterinarians to respond to animal victims: understanding and treating the behavioral consequences of maltreatment 
• 16 - Could “victimhood” be preventable? Opportunities in large-scale neglect 

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Includes bibliographical references and index.